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Each movement of Electric Counterpoint is different in some ways, but they are all built up of the same two concepts. One is a monophonic chordal progression and the other is a contrapuntal section. The chordal section in movement one introduces the underlining harmony bars 1 to 109, which includes a brief key change, and then fades out to allow the counterpoint to enter. This contrapuntal section builds up slowly one guitar at a time in a manor similar to a fugue. The counterpoint is caused by canon, two part in rhythm and a ratio of five guitars to three (Example). Once established the chordal progression enters again in the remaining guitars, including the key change, which affects the counterpoint only slightly. In movement two the counterpoint starts the piece, building up in the same fugalistic manor as the first movement. However, once it fully completed it is...

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